: About Me

Minda Magero’s love for words early on matured into a passion for writing poetry and essays, and all her writing has been deeply informed by her experiences living, studying, and working in Kenya, Germany, and the United States. She counts among her literary influences both African writers such as Marjorie Oludhe-MacGoye, Okot P’bitek, and Grace Ogot, and American ones such as Susan Lenzkes. Minda divides her time between writing books and typing up trenchant sociopolitical analysis for various online and print publications. She likes to think that her writing is helping to make a difference in the world.

Minda also finds delight in a host of other creative outlets, including music, acting, photography, languages and painting.

My passion is ...

diversity

I know too much about ...

the Famous Five and the Secret Seven

My parents always told me ...

to do right

My childhood ambition ...

to be like my dad

My favorite memory ...

finding sudden joy in the beauty of each of the four seasons

Why I write ...

I love wielding words

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

historical fiction/old movies/India.Arie

My first job ...

paper route

My best moment ...

realizing that writing is the stuff of my life

My inspiration ...

the journey of life

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Friendship was the term I'd always used to describe the relationship I had with my dad growing up. Often, my friends were surprised that I considered him one of my best friends. He made room for dialogue and gave some leeway for differing opinions, even though he frequently had the last word. And so it should have been: he was the adult; I was the child. I lived under his roof and he had jurisdiction over virtually all the affairs of my life. I left home and went to study abroad when still a teenager and was shocked into growing up overnight. Very quickly, I moved from a relatively shelter...

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